A Substitute Bride Becomes the Top-Tier Star's Aunt [1990s]

This is a fictional setting, a very fictional one! The full story isn't long, but I recommend buying it chapter by chapter. If you don't like it, you can cut your losses in time. Thanks to every reader.

Jiang Xue, who had gone to see her idol off on his final journey, is sent back to the 1990s by a car accident.

When she opens her eyes, she finds herself on her way to a matchmaking date on someone else's behalf, with the matchmaker beside her singing the man's praises.

"He's honest, doesn't talk much, a little older, and knows how to treat people."

Jiang Xue: ...Got it, old, and not many honest words.

Jiang Xue has a sudden idea and is about to act crazy and foolish to get out of the date, but then she sees that her match looks six or seven parts like her idol, and even has the same lovely voice. "Hello, I'm Guan Shanyue."

Jiang Xue: !!!

Isn't this the uncle her idol said in an interview had sacrificed himself to save someone?

*

Guan Shanyue's blind date turns out to be a very bold young woman.

On their first meeting, she gets him to ride a bus for three hours with her, then takes him to pick up his nephew, who's being abused by his biological father and stepmother.

On their second meeting, they sit down for a meal together, then head straight to the civil affairs bureau to get married.

Guan Shanyue: Why do you trust me so much?

Jiang Xue looks at his handsome face, worthy of a Hong Kong superstar: Maybe because nephews take after their uncles.

*

After getting married, Guan Shanyue earns money to support the family while Jiang Xue stays home to raise their child.

Five-year-old Guan Jiayan (Jiang Heng) is sweet and well-behaved, and quickly makes Jiang Xue a neighborhood darling.

Twenty-five-year-old Guan Shanyue has a handsome face but dresses terribly, leaving Jiang Xue utterly appalled.

What do you do when the kids' clothes out there aren't cute enough? Make your own!

What do you do when Guan Shanyue has no fashion sense? Style him yourself!

Later, whenever Guan Jiayan goes out, aunts everywhere ask where he got his clothes. Talent scouts invite him to appear in ads and movies, and he becomes a household-name child star at a young age, with fans begging for matching outfits.

Guan Jiayan proudly poses for a photo with Jiang Xue: Custom-made, not for sale.

Fans clamor to marry the beautiful older sister, only to see Jiang Xue escorted to a car by a tall, broad-shouldered man.

The man turns around, his handsome face cold as ice: My wife. She's married.

*

In her previous life, Chen Yuting married Guan Shanyue because she coveted his handsome face.

Who knew that right after they got their marriage certificate, before they'd even held a wedding, Guan Shanyue would die on his way south, leaving her a widow?

Reborn before the matchmaking date, Chen Yuting cries, makes a scene, and threatens suicide until she forces her cousin Jiang Xue to go in her place.

When she sees that Jiang Xue has not only married Guan Shanyue but also adopted his nephew, Chen Yuting waits to laugh at her cousin, sure she'll come crawling back in disgrace after her husband dies.

But Chen Yuting waits and waits, only to see Jiang Xue become an internationally renowned fashion designer, build a clothing brand famous around the world, and watch Guan Shanyue, who should have died young, become the owner of a security company. The two are loving and harmonious, a well-known devoted couple.

*

Former soldier, now owner of a security company x fashion designer

Content warnings: 1. There is a five-year age gap between the leads.

2. The male lead has only been with one person. In his previous life, he and the female supporting character only had a marriage certificate and no intimate relationship. The reason will be explained in the story. Readers who mind can leave.

3. No children in the main story. Maybe in the bonus chapters.

Theme: Never forget your original aspirations, no matter what.